April 2009
26 posts
Moses is Departing Egypt: A Facebook Haggadah →
<p>The Passover Seder, the oldest continuously observed religious ceremony in the world, tells the story of the Jews’ Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition says that people of each generation must…
Apr 1st
“Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by ignorance.”
– Not sure who said this, but I got it from Garrett Dimon
Apr 1st
March 2009
38 posts
“203. Child Caves Conflict: Children love to be in tiny, cave-like places. ...”
– Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language
Mar 30th
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Spend one day in front of a screen. Get and make lots of phone calls, check your e-mail, blog, update your Facebook page, send some tweets, read some blog posts, listen to a podcast, peruse some Youtube videos. Watch American Idol, Lost, The Office and Thirty Rock followed by some Fox or CNN. Spend the next day off-line, unplugged, face-to-face with real people, hearing live voices instead of...
Mar 25th
Why Customers Will Pay You to Restrain Them | Fast... →
“We worry about many things. Our kids’ grades, our parents’ health, the world at large. Add to that list one really odd thing we worry about: our own future behavior. And how we can control it.”
Mar 24th
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TwitterAuth: For Near-Instant Twitter Apps -... →
A gem allowing near-instant Twitter-based authentication for barnacle apps and the like.
Mar 23rd
Mar 20th
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“Some people fancy themselves as being “creative”, or “creative-types” because...”
– Steven Furtick, via Joshua Blankenship (via camerondaigle)
Mar 20th
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“7. Write Build web apps to please just one person. If you open a window and make...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, tweaked a bit
Mar 19th
Mar 19th
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the web as treadmill →
Becoming a slave to the “recent activity” feature on social apps means every site turns into a treadmill you can’t stop running (posting) on
Mar 17th
Things to think about when writing an installer →
Not sure how useful this will be, but saving it anyway.
Mar 16th
Studio On Fire // Design & Letterpress Blog →
A beautiful blog from a really nice letterpress studio.
Mar 16th
Mar 16th
One of the most profound musical compositions of all time is the Quartet for the End of Time written by French composer Olivier Messiaen in 1940. Messiaen was 31 years old when France entered the war against Nazi Germany. He was captured by the Germans in June of 1940, sent across Germany in a cattle car and imprisoned in a concentration camp. He was fortunate to find a sympathetic prison guard...
Mar 13th
Mar 13th
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“We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical...”
– here. I think these dark predictions are largely accurate, and I think that in general, though not in every case, these events are to be welcomed. (via ayjay) To clarify: I think many of Michael Spencer’s projections are overly aggressive, and a bit harsh. Also, it’s important to note...
Mar 11th
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“We can rejoice that in the ruins, new forms of Christian vitality and ministry...”
– Michael Spencer - The coming evangelical collapse | csmonitor.com
Mar 11th
ListenA mashup of Train in Vain (The Clash) and Stand By...
Mar 10th
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Mar 10th
“The paradox of prosperity is that while living standards have risen steadily...”
– A Whole New Mind (Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future) by Daniel Pink (via blainehogan)
Mar 9th
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The tie between information and action has been severed. Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one’s status. It comes indiscriminately, directed at no one in particular, disconnected from usefulness; we are glutted with information, drowning in information, have no control over it, don’t know...
Mar 9th
Mitch Altman - TV-B-Gone - "Hack Your Life For Fun... →
A brilliant talk from TV-B-Gone maker Mitch Altman, on making, meaning, and how the two intertwine. Also touches on business principles, and, of course, the dangers of TV. Really really good. I…
Mar 9th
Rubular: a Ruby regular expression editor and... →
Regular expressions in Ruby.
Mar 8th
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”
– Richard Buckminster Fuller (via lot49)
Mar 7th
“National history is one thing, but the history of human rights, that is...”
– Kate Beaton
Mar 6th
How to debug a 502 proxy error on MediaTemple. →
Frustrating that I have to deal with this.
Mar 4th
“Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mar 4th
The New Atlantis » The Myth of Multitasking →
Brilliant piece on multitasking, and the dangers thereof.
Mar 3rd
“Today, our collective will to pay attention seems fairly weak. We require advice...”
– The New Atlantis » The Myth of Multitasking
Mar 3rd
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